A major renaissance work by machiavelli was his book, "The Prince", which laid out in detail how ideally a Prince should behave and act. It was a major work both during his life and afterwards.
One of the main reasons why Empress Dowager allowed the Boxers to exist was because "<span>She wanted to use the Boxers to get rid of the foreigners," since the main part of the Boxer Rebellion was to rid China of foreign influence and culture. </span>
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